In light of the recent developments surrounding the decline of the skins market for Counter-Strike 2, we decided to delve deeper into the topic to understand how businesses operate in this niche. We talked to Artem Klin, CEO of the platform RUNCASE, which specializes in creating cases for “Counter-Strike.” We asked him about how his company generates revenue and whether there’s any growth.

Yesterday, the market capitalization of skins for the evergreen hit Counter-Strike 2 dropped from $5.9 billion to $4.2 billion. Today, it fell even further. The reason is the new game functionality that allows some skins to be traded for others. We delve into the situation with expert commentary.

Simon Carless of GameDiscoverCo shared data on the audience size of some hit games on Steam. His statistics include both paid and free-to-play projects.

The analytics company Newzoo shared the ranking of the top-grossing and most popular games on PC and consoles for February 2025.

Over the past week, the top-10 chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam has changed little. As last week, the first place went to Counter-Strike 2, and the second place to PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.

There are permutations at the top of the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam. Counter-Strike 2, which was in the lead for seven weeks in a row, lost the first place to the extraction shooter Gray Zone Warfare.

Recently, the “Organization for the Development of the Video Game Industry” (ODVGI) requested law enforcement to investigate a map in Counter-Strike 2, designed for the “Major Cybersport League” tournament in Counter-Strike 2. The map depicts a fictional Moscow metro station that terrorists could blow up. The organization has now issued a statement clarifying its position.

The head of the RVI, Vasily Ovchinnikov, complained to Russian law enforcement agencies about the map of the Moscow metro, which was developed by the Moscow Department of Transport for the “Big Esports League” tournament on Counter-Strike 2. In his opinion, she may violate the laws of the Russian Federation.

Valve has released a free multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike 2. The game replaced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and became available to everyone.